Driving-rein



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAMS T. PEIRCE, OF DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

DRIVING-REIN.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,553, datedFebruary 14, 1882.

- Application filed Decemberl),1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAMS T. PEIRCE, of Dover, in the county ofStratford and Stateof New Hampshire, have invented certainnew and usefulImprovements in Driving-Reins; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others Skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a side view of a woven piece of a rein with my improvementthereon. Fig. 2 is a side view of a leather piece of rein with myimprovement thereon. Fig. 3 is a sectional edge view illustrating thecharacter of my improvement.

Same letters show like parts.

My invention relates to driving-reins. Its

object is to facilitate the holding of the reins and to prevent themfrom slipping through the hand of the driver when he may be drawing onthem with considerable force or strength.

My invention consists in a stiff or solid substance placed between thetwo strips of leather constituting the rein at the part where it isgrasped by the hand, so as to make the rein at certain intervals stili'edgewise. The solid substance also may make a slight projection orincrease of thickness of the rein in a direction through the thicknessof the rein, as seen in Fig. 3. Thestiffening material is kept fixed inproper position by stitching, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The stiffening substance can be of any material that will answer thepurpose, and of any form; or it may have a covering and be held inposition by the stitching of the cover. The purpose is to form on therein at desired intervals and at proper places a still rest or shoulder,against which the hand will strike or press, and thus avoid the exertionof tightly grasping the reins when also drawing heavily on them.

Fig. 1 is to show another form of stiffening and its application towoven reins or webbing. ashows the stiffening substance; I), the methodsof keeping it in place; 0, the material of the reins. By woven reins Iintend to cover knit or crochet fabrics used for this purpose.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States,

A driving-rein made as herein described, having the stiffening substanceapplied to that part grasped by the hand in driving at intervals, as setforth, held in position by stitching, the said stiffening material beingcovered by and confined within the material comprising the rein, as setforth.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

ADAMS T. PEIROE.

Witnesses:

ORRIS W. FARRAR, W. E. ROBERTS.

